Congratulations to PJ Albert, the new managing director at Orlando Shakespeare Theater. He succeeds Shannon Lacek, who relocated in September after a 5-year tenure with the theater. Albert has been a staff member with Orlando Shakespeare Theater for more than a decade. Originally from Chicago Heights, Ill., Albert studied theater at Southern Illinois University , Carbondale. He has worked for such organizations as Williamstown Theatre Festival, Santa Fe Opera, and RSL Theatrical and has designed lighting, sound, pyrotechnics and handled event management for such companies as AFLAC , Synovus, and the Miss Georgia Scholarship Pageant.

LONDON -- Emily Stillman has joined Warner Bros. Studios Leavesden in the U.K. as sales and marketing director, it was announced Wednesday. Stillman takes on the newly-created role immediately with responsibility for marketing, business development and client services at the new £100 million ($158 million), 200-acre facility which opened in June. She will report to Dan Dark, senior VP and managing director of Warner Bros. Studios Leavesden. Stillman previously was CEO of the Production Guild of Great Britain, based at Pinewood Studios, following more than 16 years in film and TV production.

Robb Detschman was a freshman at Bemidji State University when he first met Andy Wells, who was the professor for a material sciences course. That was 1986. Now, more than 25 years later, Detschman is the operations manager of Wells Technology, where he oversees all of the operations of the manufacturing floor. Detschman, born and raised in Bemidji, first started working for Wells in 1988, when he began part-time with Wells Technology, then a relatively new startup firm that manufactured Wells' Air Snip and Air Knife, powered by compressed air. Wells himself took Detschman under his wing, showing him how to operate manual wells and manual lays as he introduced the core skills necessary for working in the manufacturing industry.

Education Suzette Harvey , executive director of Prime Time Palm Beach County , joined the Ready by 21 Leadership Council, a group of policymakers, educators, nonprofit leaders and young people to support and provide opportunities for all youth from birth through career. The nonprofit Forum for Youth Investment manages the Leadership Council. Bradley G. Harper , Olds, Stephens & Harper P.A., was selected as a "Man of Excellence" by the West Palm Beach Alumnae chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc. for his commitment to education and will be recognized during their awards banquet on June 9 at the Palm Beach County Convention Center.

Belgian-born Ulu Grosbard , who drew a Tony nomination for his direction of Frank Gilroy's "The Subject Was Roses" in 1965 and then launched a feature helming career by directing an acclaimed 1968 adaptation of the play that starred Jack Albertson , Patricia Neal and Martin Sheen , died in Manhattan . He was 83. Grosbard died late Sunday or early Monday at NYU Langone Medical Center, according to the New York...